Best Middle Schools in New York

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 1500)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
361398001136	441	Hauppauge Middle School	Public	6-8	600 Town Line Rd	Hauppauge	11788	Suffolk County	Hauppauge Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 265-3630	748	71	10.4	19.1%	477 (63.8%)	31 (4.1%)	140 (18.7%)	69 (9.2%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	25 (3.3%)	$25,944			$1,605			$24,339	66.6	56.1	589	148
363132004196	442	Whitesboro Middle School	Public	7-8	75 Oriskany Blvd	Whitesboro	13492	Oneida County	Whitesboro Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 266-3110	474	35	13.3	39.5%	421 (88.8%)	11 (2.3%)	14 (3.0%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	19 (4.0%)	$17,086			$626			$16,460	66.5	70.6	341	101
360411000175	443	James Wilson Young Middle School	Public	6-8	602 Sylvan Ave	Bayport	11705	Suffolk County	Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 472-7820	398	50	8	15.8%	324 (81.4%)	9 (2.3%)	39 (9.8%)	11 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.5%)	$30,185			$416			$29,768	66.4	58.1	559	116
360015103006	444	Ps/Is 30 Mary White Ovington	Public	K-8	7002 4th Ave	Brooklyn	11209	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 491-8440	911	83	11	81.7%	360 (39.5%)	21 (2.3%)	347 (38.1%)	162 (17.8%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.8%)	$18,823			$1,647			$17,176	66.4	64	447	3
360753002002	445	Churchville-Chili Middle School	Public	5-8	139 Fairbanks Rd	Churchville	14428	Monroe County	Churchville-Chili Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 293-4542	1,156	100	11.5	33.6%	827 (71.5%)	110 (9.5%)	109 (9.4%)	19 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	88 (7.6%)	$12,756			$1,521			$11,235	66.3	66.7	406	39
362985004010	446	Wantagh Middle School	Public	6-8	3299 Beltagh Ave	Wantagh	11793	Nassau County	Wantagh Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 679-6350	682	64	10.5	7.6%	565 (82.8%)	3 (0.4%)	68 (10.0%)	14 (2.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.3%)	$21,439			$517			$20,922	66.3	66.1	414	32
360005904803	447	Renaissance Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	35-59 81st St	Jackson Heights	11372	Queens County	Renaissance Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 803-0060	655			78.0%	34 (5.2%)	18 (2.7%)	481 (73.4%)	110 (16.8%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.2%)	$20,565			$2,254			$18,311	66.2	65.5	422	25
360013605765	448	Girls Preparatory Charter School Of New York	Public, Charter, Alternative	1-10	442 E Houston St-Rm 312	New York	10002	New York County	Girls Preparatory Charter School Of New York	Yes	No	No	Yes	(212) 388-0241	307	22	13.9	90.6%	8 (2.6%)	149 (48.5%)	136 (44.3%)	2 (0.7%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.3%)	$30,421			$3,935			$26,486	66.2	69	369	79
363036001207	449	Spry Middle School	Public	6-8	119 South Ave	Webster	14580	Monroe County	Webster Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 265-6500	883	94	9.3	27.4%	695 (78.7%)	45 (5.1%)	78 (8.8%)	24 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.5%)	$13,547			$1,715			$11,833	66.2	65.7	418	31
361797001612	450	L A Webber Middle-High School	Public	7-12	25 Housel Ave	Lyndonville	14098	Orleans County	Lyndonville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 765-3162	235	24	9.9	60.9%	205 (87.2%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (6.0%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.7%)	$19,216			$291			$18,925	66.1	68.1	382	68

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NY State Assessments English Language Arts, NY State Assessments Math, NY State Assessments Science test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on December 14, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the NY State Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the NY State Education Department.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.